Joking of course * added in place of I & A ! Did you not bother to read the bit that said; "Can anyone, apart from the OP, honestly say that Chiang Mai falls into the category of a ‘Ghost Town’ ? It's a bit sad when people are opening their little shops knowing full well that no one will come. I think if you look at the "old town" inside the moat, you will definitely notice that life has changed for a lot of merchants and restaurateurs. I have just been walking around CM in the last few days and it was staggering as to how many businesses were closed . Do you not understand that claiming on a public forum like TV that "Business A" is closed, when it is not closed, does "Business A" harm? Do you honestly think what he says on a barely read thread, misrepresentation or otherwise, will make the slightest jot of difference? The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction. the economy is all but shut down. Photo by Ben Clark. That said, our voting system is oppressive. Organisations such as WHO and FEMA together with … I have told you before I will not post the photos you demanded and remember the MODS told/advised US not to post any more!!! NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS; 15 Huge Stars Who Were Backup Singers First ; NEW SONG: Shawn Mendes - "Wonder" - LYRICS; 23 Boy Band Slow … Losing £1,000 to £2,000 per week is not sustainable.” The song spent three weeks at number one and 10 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart.Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Everyone can see now that the knee-jerk reactions to a bad cold are now much more harmful than the virus ever was. We can still avoid becoming a retail ghost town like many of the country’s malls. Friends Reunited: Music of the Year 1981. The main line repeated throughout the song is This town … is coming like a ghost town. This town, is coming like a ghost town … "Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. Comicraft on Instagram: “This town... is becoming like a GHOST TOWN... half off today only @myfonts http://myfonts.us/yJ7gID #comicbooks #comiclettering #comicraft Mystery of tire air pumps at gas stations.... Thai police admit 'giant' drug bust barely found a gram of ketamine, Ten year old daughter shoots herself with dad's airgun he "hadn't yet put away", Swedish inmate sentenced to death in Thailand turns writer, 2012 Hilux Vigo Champ 2.5 Turbo Diesel Engine Noise, Local elections in Thailand: Booze ban in place this weekend, Chinese, Hong Kongers, Germans drive "Elite Card" residence for real estate purchase scheme, Rao Tiew Duay Gun program - Expat registration questions. On any given street about half the businesses were closed and in some places, Continuing to keep the people and businesses in a virus lockdown mode has to stop. The holiday lights and decorations twinkled and glittered … Particularly in the evening. We consider how retailers must now adapt and take a look at the online market Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? 1 decade ago. This town, is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been closed down This place, is coming like a ghost town Bands won't play no more Too much fighting on the dance floor Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? Sponsor. By You call him a troll yet you keep feeding him. His attitude and comments are not just childish, they are dangerous to the businesses concerned. So it is a bit on the ghostly side, and unless the authorities here understand that having zero cases of the China bug is a hopelessly impossible criteria for re-opening fully, get used to the quietude. Anonymous. Ghost Town by the Specials. Non-profit, shared ownership golf course - how much would you be ready to invest/pay? May 2, 2017 - Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. This town, is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been closed down This place, becoming like a ghost town Bands won't play no more. Very few people could afford to live in "Chinese London," so the city remains a ghost town. Why did you post today about the "ex permanently closed business" now being open. He obviously knows far more about everything, certainly more than any of you do. I am not telling you , had you not asked for the photos to be  removed, I could have posted a new photo of the business open, but as the old photo is no longer there , I am not going to post a new photo or tell you the business location. If the people on the ground think that, well.... A lot of people are going to be in a very tight spot. Note the Stall holder is still setting up the stall! By Loading... Unsubscribe from Fluzzi Jacuzzi? But to infer that ALL of Chiangmai is like that is just another mad max statement to get attention. But they were not much interested in apologies. The only part I know goes, "This town is looking like a ghost town..." What is that song?? Just look at the Annusarn photos above. Help is at hand, Bangkok Airways to launch three daily flights to Mae Sot from Bangkok. As one said to me, "We don't have anything else to do, and we can't just sit at home.". It’s really gloomy, almost like there’s no hope.” Chapple said he had been waiting for more than an hour after missing a bus to Monroeville. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction. Black Friday shopping like being in a ‘ghost town’ suntimes.com - Stefano Esposito. 2. It’s just a lie, and worse, it’s a refusal to act like an adult and address very real, complicated problems. Are you just a TROLL deliberately trying to destroy business in CM (including those belonging to my family, friends and associates) with your lies? 18 Non-Traditional Yet Perfect Wedding Songs; NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS; HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg " - LYRICS; Check Out. I have just been walking around CM in the last few days and it was staggering as to how many businesses were closed . Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ghost-town) What is the name of the business you now say is open? Michigan Avenue saw much smaller crowds than usual on the typically hectic shopping day. It’s strange because I’m feeling like we are going through this moment again. Leaving every 15 minutes or every hour doesn't indicate at what percentage of normal the company is running. My family's business has been contacted on FB many times recently asking were we still open because of the lying git. Oxford reference, (https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111019092740884) Everyone can see now that the knee-jerk reactions to a bad cold are now much more harmful than the virus ever was. It’s a song that really stood out at the time and I can recommend you read the end of this blog for more background. Anonymous. Because if he did that and/or actually made accurate posts it would destroy his agenda of destroying CM! A "ghost town" is a figurative form of speech. Ghost Town . Collins Dictionary (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ghost-town) As you started this section of the thread about a (re)opened business (that had never shut) I ask you to answer/stick to the question(s). After months of being called a ghost town, NYC is ready to be heard. 1. While I agree that TV readership directly may not have a major impact it is the cross threading into other platforms where the damage is done. 4. His observational skills are clearly unmatched. I am stating categorically that Chiang Mai is NOT A GHOST TOWN by any known criteria! Back on topic, as I posted recently, the people I was chatting with in the Anusarn Market on the Night Bazaar street were saying that they expected the situation to be dire for up to two years. Yes, got them mixed up with Greenline, which is a UK bus company. Businesses being defamed might have a chance of getting customers if L*ARS didn't keep saying they were closed when they are OPEN! Non-profit, shared ownership golf course - how much would you be ready to invest/pay? One of the businesses , closed business down your favorite street , which I posted a photo of which I said looks permeantly closed , surprisingly has now reopened . Unfortunately comments regarding businesses do get reposted on things like Social media which greatly enhances the TROLL's  coverage. Night or nighttime (also spelled night-time or night time) is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day. Rich Mattson and the Northstars Contributors 1. By the way, it's GreenBus I was talking about not Greenline. He will never be full. I have not asked for a Photo and do not want a Photo of anything from you. Copyright 2002 - 2020 Thaivisa.com Madonna. This town (town) is coming like a ghost town / All the clubs have been closed down November 26, 2014. Apologies do not beget customers but a statement that NOT all the businesses are shut just might help! I would like to know which business it is that you are talking about so that the record can be corrected and put straight! It certainly ties in with his present disinformation. As you complained and got the photo removed , I am not going to post a photo now of the reopened business. We may still have to take action against TV for letting him post his lies/defamation. Coronavirus turns UK into ghost town as millions stay home Joe Roberts Monday 16 Mar 2020 11:51 am Share this article via facebook Share this … Oh, and being alone on the lake with only five other boats is good for nobody except you. This town (town) is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been closed down This place (town) is coming like a ghost town Bands won't play no. Lived here for 30+ years and never found many people in Anuson Market before dark. 3. What is the point of arguing with this guy? The small town of Sparta, Minnesota, is disappearing, and folk-rockers Rich Mattson and the Northstars have written a song about it. This town is coming like a ghost town. CC, although not giving an apology, has actually admitted an error in his posting! : a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource; Dictionary.com (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ghost-town): a town permanently abandoned by its inhabitants, as because of a business decline. Why will you not name the business that you now say is open/reopened/never closed. Back to the topic in hand which you started! a mater of irrefutable fact which you later acknowledged. It is good of you to admit you "made an error",  Thank you. If you and I cannot buy tickets how do the passengers sitting in all these full seats get their tickets? But don't you think that  since you were the one who wrongly claimed that it was permanently closed that it is only right to name that business now so that potential customers can go and use it, rather than staying away from the area because of your false claims? Ps;  I know some people who would like to use a shotgun on a certain LI*R, any contacts? The song spent three weeks at number one and 10 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. That 70% I posted wasn't an estimate, it was from a very reliable source who works for the company at a high level. The Specials. His agenda, imo,  is that he enjoys getting under people’s skin. Lake Isabella has the geographic potential, but it just doesn't have the socio-economic advancement. Sunset was 1745 in CM tonight so if that is his idea of normal shopping time in the market area it just again shows more of his distortions of the truth! I also wonder if these buses are only full going to CR in which case CM should be empty by now or if they are full travelling both ways then CM cannot be as "ghostly" as our intrepid reporter  "reports"! It was not too long ago that Thai banks, gold shops and other businesses employed Sikhs with 12 guage shotguns to assist with possible problems. He is not known for letting the truth get in the way of his misinformation. : ghost town a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants; From Wiki, although I do not consider this a reliable source I have included it to stop deter a certain person quoting it; : A ghost town or alternatively deserted city or abandoned city is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. Ps;  I know some people who would like to use a shotgun on a certain LIAR, any contacts? Relevance. 1 0. mathilda. Liberties are being stripped away by overreacting government. Businesses being defamed might have a chance of getting customers if L*ARS didn't keep saying they were closed when they are OPEN! “It’s kind of like a ghost town. Please stop lying about it! It seems to me that they don't care that the town is being taken over by welfare and drugs and hoodlum kids. Answer Save. Thank you for that very interesting info. : ghost town a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants; From Wiki, although I do not consider this a reliable source I have included it to stop deter a certain person quoting it; : A ghost town or alternatively deserted city or abandoned city is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. Need someone to talk to? I will continue to fight against him until he apologises and desists! ; Merriam-Webster; (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20town). Ps; I know some people who would like to use a shotgun on a certain LI*R, any contacts? On 11/11/2020 at 12:31 PM, dingdongrb said: Subscribe to the daily ThaiVisa newsletter to receive, , honestly say that Chiang Mai falls into the category of a ‘, Are you in Thailand and feeling low? A day for Saints and the record books indeed! I do not mistrust what you say and I do remember a "sanemax" poster! Back on topic, as I posted recently, the people I was chatting with in the Anusarn Market on the Night Bazaar street were saying that they expected the situation to be dire for up to two years. This town is becoming like a ghost town The shop in the high street has lost its allure for consumers. PS; We don't all rely on photos to make a reliable and believable comment! Very sad, but true. And his photographs are, like, wow, Pulitzer Prize worthy! Becoming like a ghost town Fluzzi Jacuzzi. Related. 03:34 PM - … Again thanks and I will ignore all his comments in future unless they impact directly with my sphere of interest, Copyright 2002 - 2020 Thaivisa.com Joking of course. Favourite answer. : a town that was busy in the past but is now empty or nearly empty because the activities that kept people there have stopped. The OP needs to accept the irreparable damage his half truths, lies and innuendoes do to businesses that he defames. NB 2: I and many others are totally bored by this discussion but I believe I am right to keep attacking your lies and defamation because of the harm you keep doing to CM business(s) by your continuous  perpetuating of them. 5% to 10% of the overall economy closing up does not a ghost town make. As you complained and got the photo removed , I am not going to post a photo now of the reopened business, which I said looks permeantly closed , surprisingly has now reopened. 2004. Just becoming factually consistent and believable helps achieve that! This town is becoming like a ghost town; all the clubs are being closed down. This town, is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been closed down This place, is coming like a ghost town Bands won’t play no more Too much fighting on the dance floor. I have just been walking around CM in the last few days and it was staggering as to how many businesses were closed . Trump's conspiracies pose 'existential' threat to electronic voting industry -Smartmatic. Having made that post why not name the aforementioned business? One and the same? Joking of course. The Specials lip syncing their classic number one single Ghost Town on Top Of the Pops in july 1981. Why don’t you go places when they are active instead of when everybody knows they are not? Powered by Invision Community, Subscribe to the daily ThaiVisa newsletter to receive, Are you in Thailand and feeling low? CorpusChristie, August 29 in Chiang Mai Forum, I am not telling you , had you not asked for the photos to be  removed, I could have posted a new photo of the business open, but as the old photo is no longer there , I am not going to post a new photo or tell you the business location. As for the "ghost town" concept, yes, I would agree in the areas that were previously teeming with tourist life. Businesses being defamed might have a chance of getting customers if LIARS didn't keep saying they were closed when they are OPEN! BTW-What was the name of the still open business? A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it (usually industrial or agricultural) has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear disasters. Around 1980 / 81. Ghosttown. CorpusChristie, August 29 in Chiang Mai Forum. Did anyone else feel the earth move a few minutes ago? Thailand has strict laws on this as I have pointed out before! Do you honestly think what he says on a barely read thread, misrepresentation or otherwise, will make the slightest jot of difference? (which one of the more than a dozen would that be?). The company is a friendly, family-run business. "Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. He will never back down because it’s part of the game.The penny finally dropped for many once he got to circa 15,000 posts as Sanemax, his previous alias, when he was blocked and ignored left right and centre and hence time to reinvent himself  and start all over again. East Dulwich will be a ghost town before long.” He says he feels like traders are being used as ‘guinea pigs’ as the council tests its air pollution measures, saying: “We personally as a business cannot go on longer than Christmas under this pressure. They just want to live the rest of their lives with blinders on. It means exactly what you already know it means. NB;  CM does not in my opinion fall under the category of, "The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.". We now have two mind readers on this thread! 7 Answers. Powered by Invision Community. : A ghost town is a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted. Citizens are blindly following the one eyed media. I extend my sympathy to the staff. In contention for the award for the most childish post of the year. We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown This town, is coming like a ghost town On any given street about half the businesses were closed and in some places, Continuing to keep the people and businesses in a virus lockdown mode has to stop. It means exactly what you already know it means. Buses going to and from CM-CR are full both ways , so it makes no difference to either towns population count , although I think you knew that and were just being argumentative. The pseudo-European town failed to become settled due to the financial crisis of 2008, which showed that the wealthy Chinese population the town was designed for was practically absent. Sparta Sound. My family's business and all the other businesses referred to by him, either directly or indirectly, in that small section of Sridonchi Road are impacted by his intransigence and I will continue to fight against him until he apologises and desists! but It would be great if anyone else  out there in the TV world could collaborate your statement. Shoutout to everyone getting it done by any means necessary. A lot of light in the sky in those photos. I stated that there were two businesses open in that road . Help is at hand, Bangkok Airways to launch three daily flights to Mae Sot from Bangkok. You lied by stating that there were 15 open shops in that road and when I posted photos of them closed, you got the photos deleted . He is not on an agenda too destroy CM. On any given street about half the businesses were closed and in some places, it was more like 90 % of shops had their shutters down . Went to Anusarn market tonight just before night time. 0 0. Yes, that is the definition of "Ghost town" that I was referring to . Mystery of tire air pumps at gas stations.... Thai police admit 'giant' drug bust barely found a gram of ketamine, Ten year old daughter shoots herself with dad's airgun he "hadn't yet put away", Swedish inmate sentenced to death in Thailand turns writer, 2012 Hilux Vigo Champ 2.5 Turbo Diesel Engine Noise, Local elections in Thailand: Booze ban in place this weekend, Chinese, Hong Kongers, Germans drive "Elite Card" residence for real estate purchase scheme, Rao Tiew Duay Gun program - Expat registration questions. We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown. Trump's conspiracies pose 'existential' threat to electronic voting industry -Smartmatic. So, you stop lying and you stop calling me lair , OK. You lied by stating that  ALL the shops were closed in that section of Sridonchai! You could even call it a ghost town. Googling Greenline bus Chiang Mai gives me Greenbus. One of the businesses , closed business down your favorite street , which I posted a photo of which I said looks permeantly closed , surprisingly has now reopened . Ghost Town. The Specials-Ghost Town. 1 decade ago. THIS TOWN IS BECOMING LIKE A GHOST TOWN This fellow Thanet blogger’s post made me think. According to Wiki, which he likes to quote! NB 1: It would be much appreciated, but not expected by anyone, if you actually responded directly to this post without you treating it with your usual "ignore" and just posting some other meaningless drivel in another topic. Cllr Ezekiel said: "I am extremely sad to hear the news. This town is becoming like a ghost town; all the clubs are being closed down. At this rate, it's looking like a contender for longest thread, right up there with "Rain" and "Best burger". Don’t say everything is fine and dandy and New York City isn’t a ghost town at all. Need someone to talk to? Read or print original Ghost Town lyrics 2020 updated! Ghost Town Lyrics: This town, is coming like a ghost town / All the clubs have been closed down / This place, is coming like a ghost town / Bands won't play no more / Too much fighting on the dance Give people the option to continue with their living and livelihood...this lockdown is causing more harm. That is because it obviously never closed permanently in the first place, along with the other still open businesses! Sponsor. 5 years ago. I also asked you to post photos of all the open shops and then I would admit to being wrong, you didnt post any photos . I have a few obvious questions for you, not that I expect any truthful answers from you, but one can always hope and pray. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. Give people the option to continue with their living and livelihood...this lockdown is causing more harm. Will you name the business that you are alluding to? Can anyone, apart from the OP, honestly say that Chiang Mai falls into the category of a ‘Ghost Town’ under any of the following dictionary definitions taken from reputable US/UK dictionaries (and Wiki!)? Why don’t you go places when they are active instead of when everybody knows they are not?